Covid-19 has seen a rise of more than 500 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The coronavirus outbreak has now claimed the lives of 2,352 people.
The latest update for Covid-19 fatalities in the UK have just been confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care.
The number of deaths has risen by 563.
As of 9am today, a total of 152,979 people have been tested.
Of these, 29,474 tested positive.
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